emphatic pronoun
emphatic pronoun · emphatic pronouns
A form of pronoun used in an emphatic way, or otherwise syntactically restricted to…A form of pronoun used in an emphatic way, or otherwise syntactically restricted to use in emphatic contexts, for example to create contrast or serve as the rheme of the sentence
Meaning
1 sensesA form of pronoun used in an emphatic way, or otherwise syntactically restricted to use in emphatic contexts, for example to create contrast or serve as the rheme of the sentence
Forms
plural: emphatic pronouns| Singular | emphatic pronoun |
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| Plural | emphatic pronouns |
regular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.